NY Yankees Top Dollar-for-Dollar Power-Speed Dudes
(1985 to 2021)
$adj/PSN Pwr-Spd# Batting Avg HRs ABs/HR SBs Hits ABs Salary Salary $ 2021
Alfonso Soriano $29,261 105.7 0.287 95 20.5 119 561 1952 $2,060,000 $3,091,555
Roberto Kelly $86,021 79.3 0.280 55 40.5 142 623 2225 $3,462,000 $6,820,553
Melky Cabrera $95,766 30.4 0.267 29 49.8 32 385 1444 $2,293,600 $2,913,798
Rickey Henderson $160,918 125.9 0.288 78 29.5 326 663 2302 $8,600,000 $20,256,546
Mike Pagliarulo $179,634 11.0 0.229 64 19.5 6 286 1249 $870,000 $1,970,846
Pat Kelly $193,717 30.2 0.254 23 60.9 44 356 1400 $3,302,500 $5,852,003
Didi Gregorius $198,584 17.0 0.270 29 37.5 12 294 1087 $2,978,900 $3,371,088
Randy Velarde $235,596 25.0 0.276 31 47.4 21 405 1469 $3,180,000 $5,898,969
Steve Sax $237,580 32.7 0.294 19 100.9 117 563 1918 $3,750,001 $7,766,764
Alvaro Espinoza $264,215 7.5 0.255 7 203.0 8 363 1421 $974,000 $1,972,803
Willie Randolph $300,810 27.5 0.273 19 96.9 50 503 1842 $3,435,000 $8,283,161
Dave Winfield $323,165 56.4 0.283 102 22.9 39 660 2332 $7,552,784 $18,234,735
Brett Gardner $426,175 96.2 0.264 63 54.7 203 911 3447 $35,846,000 $40,980,126
Chuck Knoblauch $562,642 68.2 0.272 49 43.4 112 579 2127 $24,000,000 $38,357,527
Curtis Granderson $618,486 74.4 0.245 115 16.2 55 455 1859 $38,750,000 $46,022,647
Paul O'Neill $641,203 108.0 0.304 166 25.0 80 1261 4154 $41,541,667 $69,229,093
Scott Brosius $670,155 31.3 0.279 49 29.2 23 399 1431 $13,150,000 $20,979,568
Bernie Williams $756,316 182.0 0.300 260 26.9 140 2101 7004 $89,242,858 $137,649,591
Johnny Damon $793,208 64.1 0.286 53 31.7 81 481 1681 $39,000,000 $50,824,488
Bobby Abreu $974,708 40.8 0.289 36 33.7 47 351 1214 $31,000,000 $39,739,921
Reference: Lahman Package in R (2022) [min. >$1 salary]